Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110109658 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC BACKLIGHT CONTROL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of converting input RGB data into RGBW data to provide the RGBW data to a panel. The LCD simultaneously controls the light level of a backlight and the amount of the RGBW data to prevent RGBW picture quality from being damaged in pure color data, minimizes the power consumption of the LCD, and applies the above to a CPU interface method as well as an RGB interface method. | 05-12-2011 |
20110193798 | APPARATUS FOR TOUCH SENSING, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A touch sensing apparatus includes: a sense unit connected to a sense scan line and a sense line; a location detection unit that detects a location of a touch from a sense signal transmitted from the sense unit through the sense line; and a determination and trigger unit that determines whether a touch is sensed from the sense signal, generates a trigger signal that instructs whether or not to operate the location detection unit, and transmits the trigger signal to the location detection unit. The determination and trigger unit includes a logic operation circuit that generates a trigger signal for operation of the location detection unit when the sense signal implies that a touch is sensed while a sense driving signal is applied to at least one of a plurality of sense scan lines. The location detection unit is operated at a minimum to minimize power consumption. | 08-11-2011 |
20110291095 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display panel including a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to the first pixel area; and a barrier positioned on a surface of the display panel, the barrier including: a first sub-barrier; and a second sub-barrier, wherein the first sub-barrier and the second sub-barrier are disposed between the first pixel area and the second pixel area to respectively cover an end of the first pixel area and an end of the second pixel area, in which the first pixel area and the second pixel area display a same first image, or the first pixel area displays any one of a first left-eye image and a first right-eye image and the second pixel area displays the other one of the first left-eye image and the first right-eye image. | 12-01-2011 |
20120026204 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display is disclosed. One aspect includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a slit barrier selectively shielding light irradiated from the display unit. The display unit additionally includes a controller controlling the turn-on and turn-off of the slit barrier and generating a first back light compensation signal compensating the reduction of the luminance of the display unit when the slit barrier is turned off and a second back light compensation signal compensating the reduction of the luminance of the display when the slit barrier is turned on to compensate the luminance reduction by the slit barrier. According to at least one aspect of the 3D display using a slit barrier scheme, it is possible to minimize the deterioration of luminance by a slit barrier. | 02-02-2012 |
20120081330 | 3-dimensional flat panel display with built-in touch screen panel - A 3-dimensional (3D) flat panel display with a built-in touch screen panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of pixels on the first substrate, a plurality of first electrode patterns spaced apart from one another at a first predetermined interval along a first direction, the plurality of first electrode patterns for driving the plurality of pixels, a second substrate positioned to face the first substrate, and a plurality of barrier patterns formed on an outer surface of the second substrate and spaced apart from one another at a second predetermined interval along a second direction, intersecting the first direction. At least one of the plurality of first electrode patterns and at least one barrier pattern of the plurality of barrier patterns serve as electrodes for the built-in touch screen panel. | 04-05-2012 |
20120098848 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing device, an image processing method, and a flat panel display are disclosed. According to some aspects, the image processing device may include: an image determining unit for determining a kind of an input image as one of a moving picture, a photograph image, and a user interface image. A legibility improving unit may be configured to generate a legibility improved image by extracting specific pixels from pixels included in the input image according to the kind of the input image that is determined by the image determining unit and by modifying gray scale values of the extracted specific pixels. According to some aspects, an illuminance sensor for sensing external illuminance, and a brightness improving unit for correcting a gamma curve according to the external illuminance sensed by the illuminance sensor is provided. Brightness may be controlled according to a kind of an image and external illuminance so that an image processing device may increase outdoor visibility of an image by controlling brightness according to the kind of image and the external illuminance. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098849 | Display Device Capable of Controlling Viewing Angle and Driving Method Thereof - A viewing angle controllable display device and a driving method thereof. The viewing angle controllable display device includes: an image mixing unit generating a mixed image data signal by mixing an original image data signal, or a gray-adjusted original image data signal, with a protection image data signal that disturbs recognition of the original image; an output image selecting unit receiving the original image data signal or the mixed image data signal, and selecting an image data signal corresponding to an image output to a display panel; and a display panel receiving a data voltage corresponding to the image data signal selected and output from the output image selecting unit through a data drive to display an original image or a mixed image, responding to gate signals sequentially transmitted from a gate driver. | 04-26-2012 |
20120146994 | 2D/3D Switchable Image Display Apparatus and Method of Displaying 2D and 3D Images - In a two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) switchable image display apparatus and a method of displaying 2D and 3D images, the 2D/3D switchable image display apparatus may comprise: a data driver which outputs column data of an input image; a scan driver which controls a driving method of a plurality of odd scan lines and a plurality of even scan lines according to an input method and a display mode of the input image; a display panel which displays a 2D image or a 3D image by separately displaying the input image in odd lines and even lines; and a parallax device which generates binocular parallax between an image displayed in the odd lines and an image displayed in the even lines. | 06-14-2012 |
20120162208 | 2D/3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) image display device is disclosed. The 2D/3D image display device includes pixels each having a first subpixel and a second subpixel, wherein, in a 2D driving mode, the first subpixel and the second subpixel respectively display images for a same image signal based on data voltages corresponding to different gamma curves. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182235 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM FOR REALIZING THE SAME IS RECORDED, AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A touch sensing method for a touch screen including an image display device with a touch-sensitive screen. The method includes a filtering process that includes calculating an output signal of an n | 07-19-2012 |
20130033517 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus, which adjusts a luminance value of an image, and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a first image conversion unit that converts first image data into a plurality of second image data each including a luminance value, a luminance analysis unit that determines quantities of luminance values of the second image data, and determines a distribution of the luminance values, and a luminance adjustment unit that adjusts the respective luminance values of the second image data based on the quantities. | 02-07-2013 |
20130113997 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a first horizontal line having a first sequence of colored pixels, and a second horizontal line having a second sequence of colored pixels. The display device also includes a signal controller for detecting a first input video signal and a second input video signal for pixels respectively disposed on a left outermost vertical line and a right outermost vertical line of the display from an input video signal. The signal controller also corrects the first input video signal and the second input video signal so that they have grayscales that are less than a threshold value. The image quality characteristic is improved by removing the color shift phenomenon of the right and left outermost vertical lines in the display device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130194494 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A video signal processing apparatus and a video signal processing method are provided. The video signal processing apparatus includes an image processing apparatus configured to receive and convert an external input image data signal into an output image data signal according to a color arrangement structure, wherein the image processing apparatus includes at least one current limiter to remap the external input image data signal with expanded number of bits. | 08-01-2013 |
20130208016 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect the apparatus includes an encoder configured to encode a Nth first image data, where N is an integer of 2 or greater and a (N−1)th second image data at different rates. The display further includes a memory configured to store the encoded Nth first image data and the encoded (N−1)th second image data, a decoder configured to decode the encoded Nth first image data and the encoded (N−1)th second image data received from the memory and, an image processor configured to perform color processing on the decoded Nth first image data. It also includes an image converter configured to convert the Nth first image data received from the image processor into Nth second image data and an image quality enhancer configured to enhance image quality of the Nth second image data based on the decoded (N−1)th second image data. | 08-15-2013 |
20130271502 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display capable of improving display quality is disclosed. The organic light emitting display includes pixels positioned at intersections of scan lines and data lines, a data driver for generating data signals to be supplied to the data lines using second data, and a data processing unit for generating a second data whose bit value is changed in consideration of brightness distribution of first data items supplied from the outside. | 10-17-2013 |
20130307868 | DATA RENDERING METHOD, DATA RENDERING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A plurality of data signals to be supplied to a first pixel and a second pixel formed by a first sub-pixel, two second sub-pixels, and two third sub-pixels on the display panel are rendered. Input data corresponding to a first sampling window with respect to the second sub-pixel of the first pixel among the input data applied to the stripe pattern is used to render a second data signal supplied to the second sub-pixel through filtering sampled input data for a color of the second sub-pixel. The first data signal to be supplied to the first sub-pixel is rendered through filtering of the input data of a second window unit for a color of the first sub-pixel with respect to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel among the sampled input data. | 11-21-2013 |
20130335439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING COLOR GAMUT - A color gamut conversion system comprising a color gamut conversion function generator, a color gamut converter, and a scaler is disclosed. In some embodiments, the color gamut conversion function generator is configured to generate a color gamut conversion function for determining an intermediate color gamut located in a color space between a predetermined color gamut corresponding to a display panel of a display device and a standard color gamut, the color gamut converter is configured to receive input data supplied from an external image source and convert a color coordinate of the input data according to the generated color gamut conversion function and the scaler configured is to scale a value of the data converted by the color gamut converter, generate the value as output data, and transfer the output data. | 12-19-2013 |
20140028700 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAPPING COLOR GAMUT - A device for mapping a color gamut includes a color gamut determinator and a color gamut mapper. The color gamut determinator determines an output color gamut using a gain value corresponding to information of a first color gamut, information of a second color gamut and a control condition. The color gamut mapper converts the color gamut of an input image data into the output color gamut. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a device and method for mapping a color gamut, which can determine an optimal color gamut corresponding to a change in control condition, and accordingly improve color accuracy and color reproducibility. | 01-30-2014 |
20140063078 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DIMMING OPERATION, DIMMING OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A method of controlling a dimming operation is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining the brightness of an input image frame based on input image data, determining an input dimming value based on the brightness of the input image frame, selectively performing the dimming operation is based on a comparison of an absolute value of a difference between the input dimming value and a current output dimming value against a predetermined threshold value, where a value generated by adjusting the current output dimming value by a predetermined adjustment value is output as a next output dimming value when performing the dimming operation, and the input dimming value is output as the next output dimming value when not performing the dimming operation. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071189 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device is disclosed. The display device has pixels which include three color sub-pixels, for example, red, green, and blue sub-pixels. The pixels also include a white sub-pixel. The display calculates data for the red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels based on data for red, green, and blue sub-pixels. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078197 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device including a first pixel including three sub-pixels for realizing only red, green, and white; and a second pixel neighboring the first pixel and including three sub-pixels for realizing only blue, green, and white. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085170 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating an organic light emitting display device including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel, wherein a first gamma voltage for the red, green and blue sub-pixels and a second gamma voltage for the white pixel are adjusted such that a sum of maximum luminances of the red, green and blue sub-pixels is substantially equal to a luminance of a white color displayed by the organic light emitting display device. With respect to a white portion of input data, a ratio of first data of the red, green and blue sub-pixels to second data of the white sub-pixel is adjusted based on a first accumulated driving amount of the red, green and blue sub-pixels and a second accumulated driving amount of the white sub-pixel. | 03-27-2014 |
20140118411 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING RGBW SUB-PIXELS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a data mapping unit for extracting a minimum value among three-color input data which respectively correspond to red, green, and blue, determining white color output data by multiplying the extracted minimum value by a gain ratio, and determining red, green, and blue color output data respectively by subtracting the white color output data from the three-color input data; and a gain adjustment unit for determining the gain ratio to minimize a standard deviation respectively for the white color output data and the red, green, and blue color output data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140118426 | DISPLAY DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING DEGRADATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a degradation compensator for using a temperature weight value for a reference temperature, a luminance weight value for a reference luminance, and a material weight value for a reference material, for calculating a reference using time when a degradation rate of the pixels is changed to a reference degradation rate of a reference degradation curve, and for generating a control variable according to the reference using time; and a power supply for controlling a voltage difference between a first power source voltage for supplying a driving current to the pixels and a second power source voltage according to the control variable. | 05-01-2014 |
20140184655 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING RGBW SUB-PIXELS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a data mapping unit configured to identify a minimum value of the three-color input data corresponding to red, green, and blue (RGB), to determine white output color data by multiplying the identified minimum value by a gain ratio, and to subtract the white output color data from each of the three-color input data to determine RGB output color data, a gain adjustment unit configured to determine a preliminary gain ratio to minimize standard deviations of each of the white and RGB output color data, and to change a preliminary gain ratio based on an accumulated sum of color data used for respective sub-pixels in a previously displayed image to determine the gain ratio, and a display unit including unit pixels, each including RGB and white sub-pixels, and configured to display an image which corresponds to the and RGB output color data. | 07-03-2014 |
20140285533 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE FOR THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - A data processing device includes a gamma processor applying a gamma function to grayscale data including red grayscale data, green grayscale data, and blue grayscale data to generate luminance data including red luminance data, green luminance data, and blue luminance data, a first compensation coefficient generator generating a first compensation coefficient, a second compensation coefficient generator calculating a first grayscale ratio of the blue grayscale data and a second grayscale ratio of the red grayscale data, and generating a second compensation coefficient, a data compensation coefficient generator generating a data compensation coefficient by multiplying the first compensation coefficient and the second compensation coefficient, a data compensator generating compensation luminance data by adding the luminance data to a value of the data compensation coefficient multiplied by the luminance data, and an inverse processor generating compensation grayscale data. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292820 | IMAGE CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - An image control technology that enables low power consumption with less compromise in the overall quality of the image is disclosed, in which color information of an image is saved while minimizing degradation of picture quality, and improving text readability. In one aspect, an image control display device includes an image controller configured to measure at least one of luminance values and chroma values of pixels of an input image. In addition, the image controller is configured to detect an edge using the at least one of luminance and chroma values and is configured to invert color information of the input image into inverted image data. The image controller is further configured to generate output image data comprising an inverted region and an exception region, where the inverted region displays the inverted image data and the exception region displays uninverted input image data. The display device additionally includes a data driver configured to receive the output image data and to apply a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the output image data to a display panel. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306979 | APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING COLOR CHARACTERISTICS IN DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPENSATING METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method for compensating color characteristics in individual display devices that each include a display unit including a plurality of pixels to display images according to compensated image data signals, a test data input section to transmit a predetermined test image data signal to the pixels to display a test image, a luminance measuring unit to receive luminance information from the display unit displaying the test image and determine actual luminance ratios of a first color, a second color, and a third color from the received luminance information, a compensation ratio determiner to calculate a compensation ratio from both the actual and reference luminance ratios of each color and a data compensator to generate the compensated image data signals by adjusting external input video signals according to the compensation ratio. | 10-16-2014 |